Improvement in cultivators



UNITED STATES A'IENT GILMAN MEEKS, OF KANEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,426, dated May 5, 1874; application filed September 25, 1872.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GILMAN MEEKs, of Kaneville, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing andto the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a cultivator for cultivating corn and other grain, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, which forms a part of the specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal vertical section, of my cultivator. Fig. 3 shows detachedparts thereof.

M represents the frame of my machine made in square or rectangular form, as shown in Fig, 1, and having the two inclined beams A A let into the same, which beams run together a suitable distance in front of the frame, and form the usual split tongue. On each side, to the under side of the frame M, is attached an angle or elbow bar, I, from. the lower end of which a spindle, a, projects outward, and upon this spindle the driving-wheel W is placed. By the use of these angle-bars and spindles or short axles a long axle, extending entirely across the frame is dispensed with, and the driver can readily see his work as the machine moves along. On top of each side of the frame M is a semicircular plate or board, J, with flange projecting outward over the wheel, forming a shield or covering for thesame, to prevent the dust and dirt from being blown on the driver. Between the front ends'of the beamsA A is fastened the front end of a guiding-tongue, B, which extends toward the rear for a suitable distance, and has the whiffle or double tree 0 attached to its under side, at a suitable point in front of the frame M. Immediately in rear of the double-tree a band, D, passes around, and is attached to the guiding-tongue B. Thisband forms a clamp or clevis for attaching the front ends of the 0111-- I otherwise flexibly connected to the front part 'of the frame M, and is held to the standard F by a pin, H. These standards being provided with a number of holes, the plows are readily adjusted to any height desired, by removing the pins H H and elevating or depressing the levers, and then inserting the pins again. This arrangement is not merely for the purpose of raising the plows out of action when going to and from the field, but is also used for the purpose of passing over obstructions, when at work, at the will of the driver or operator.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire -to secure by Letters Patent, is

Themovable guiding-tongue 13, arranged relatively to the split tongue A, and the means D, for application of the draft, as shown, in combination with the cultivator-beams O O,

flexibly attached to the loose end of the movable guiding-tongue B, and acting in connection therewith and the standard F, chain H, pulley G, and lever E, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

GILMAN MEEKS. Witnesses:

A. O. KENDALL, Unrnns CONE.

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